Category: Rest of UK

Outside of London

Review: Harry’s Place, Grantham

[singlepic id=778 w=240 h=320 float=right]Blatant list-following: we only went to Harry’s Place because they got themselves into the top 10 of the annual Times 100 Best Restaurants in the UK list. And it was a unique and delightful experience, a lovely evening out, with some exceptional cooking. But I can see how your enjoyment could …

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Review: Turners, Birmingham

[singlepic id=782 w=320 h=240 float=right]I thought Alimentum had an odd choice of location, on a main road out of Cambridge near a trading estate. But Turners has it totally beat for “least likely place to expect fine dining”, squashed between hairdressers and carpet retailers in a drab parade of local shops with a squat row …

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Review: Nut Tree Inn, Murcott

[singlepic id=768 w=320 h=240 float=right]I like my DSLR camera. I’m a keen (if decidedly amateur) photographer when travelling the world, but I could never bring myself to pull it out in a restaurant. It surely just screams “food blogger!” and I never want staff to guess I’m a blogger. I’d love to say that this …

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Review: East India Cafe, Cheltenham

[singlepic id=714 w= h= float=right]Anyone who reads this blog knows that my favourite Indian restaurant is The Chilli Pickle in Brighton. And this is because it is not just a curry house. It’s not a good local curry house, it’s not a curry house with fine dining pretensions, it’s not an actual fine dining curry …

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Review: Old Passage Inn, Gloucestershire

[singlepic id=707 w=280 h=210 float=right]Dear front of house. When a diner asks you for a recommendation, maybe between two or three dishes, they aren’t really asking you to name the best dish on the menu. They’re just undecided, they just want you to help them make their mind up. Batting the question back at them …

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